03-28-2011, 05:35 AM
I've been using PCSX2 for the past week or so and playing Kingdom Hearts on it, and have noticed some performance issues that I'm not sure I should be having. For example, during the fight at The End of the World with Chernabog, the game noticeably lags and has crashed on a couple occasions. The emulator has also crashed unexpectedly at random times for no reason I can find.
First off, a few system specs:
Processor: Intel Core i7 Q740 @ 1.73 gHz
Video Card: GeForce GTX 260M
Ram: 4 GB
I've been running PCSX2 (0.9.7 beta) in DX10 (Hardware) mode using GDsx SSE41 plugin with speedhacks on. (It still crashes randomly even with them turned off. The game runs smoother with them turned on, as well.)
The processor has 4 cores which are hyperthreaded into 8 logical cores. Since PCSX2 only uses 2 cores, I'm wondering if it just uses two of the logical cores instead of two physical cores. I'm also not too knowledgeable on the subject, so I don't know if it would even make a difference. I'm playing on a laptop (Alienware), which I know isn't recommended, but for the most part have had a fairly smooth experience on.
So is this considered to be normal, or am I running into a problem? Any/all help is appreciated.
First off, a few system specs:
Processor: Intel Core i7 Q740 @ 1.73 gHz
Video Card: GeForce GTX 260M
Ram: 4 GB
I've been running PCSX2 (0.9.7 beta) in DX10 (Hardware) mode using GDsx SSE41 plugin with speedhacks on. (It still crashes randomly even with them turned off. The game runs smoother with them turned on, as well.)
The processor has 4 cores which are hyperthreaded into 8 logical cores. Since PCSX2 only uses 2 cores, I'm wondering if it just uses two of the logical cores instead of two physical cores. I'm also not too knowledgeable on the subject, so I don't know if it would even make a difference. I'm playing on a laptop (Alienware), which I know isn't recommended, but for the most part have had a fairly smooth experience on.
So is this considered to be normal, or am I running into a problem? Any/all help is appreciated.